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Veeam Backup Free Edition 9.0
User Guide

How Restoring VM from Tape Works

When Veeam Backup Free Edition restores a VM that is archived to tape, it performs the following operations:

  1. Veeam Backup Free Edition checks the Backup Catalog in the Veeam Backup Free Edition database to discover the tapes containing the needed backup files. If the tapes are offline, Veeam Backup Free Edition prompts the user to insert the required tapes.
  2. Veeam Backup Free Edition connects to the Data Mover service deployed on a tape server.
  3. The Data Mover copies the relevant backup files from the tapes to a staging repository.
  4. The VM is restored to disk by the regular VM restore procedure.
  5. Veeam Backup Free Edition updates the Backup Catalog and Tape Catalog in the Veeam Backup database and deletes the backup files from the staging repository. 

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